Merchant
Free-to-play management RPG about crafting gear and sending heroes into battle
Retora Games · Released Oct 8, 2018
CasualRPGSimulationFree To Play
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 78% of 607
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 7
- peak 24h 11
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 8 months ago
- Jan 5, 2026
What is Merchant?
In this single-player, pixel-art management RPG, you run a merchant business by hiring and equipping heroes. You send them to fight monsters and gather materials, then craft items and sell extras for gold.
For you if...
- +you enjoy deciding how to use materials and gold
- +you like gradual equipment upgrades and long-term goals
Not for you if...
- −you want hands-on combat instead of managing heroes
- −you dislike waiting for crafting and missions to finish
What players say
78% of 607 reviews are positive
Players praise the crafting and hero-management loop, especially as a game to check on between other activities. Some find the timers slow, and a player reports that limited inventory complicates later crafting.
Screenshots and trailer
Merchant system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7
- Processor
- 1 GHz processor
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.1 or higher
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
- Notes
- Merchant is potato-playable
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7
- Processor
- 2 GHz processor
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.1 or higher
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 200 MB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 62
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
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Recent updates
- Jan 5, 2026 · Release Notes 1.21
- Jan 4, 2026 · Release notes 1.20
- Mar 7, 2024 · Release notes 1.099
- Oct 19, 2022 · Release notes 1.097
- May 31, 2022 · Release Notes v1.096:
7 DLC available.
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